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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 22, 2017Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at May 22, 2017, 9:01 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2017, 9:01 AM EDT (13:01 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2017, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2017-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2017-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

472 
WHUS41 KCLE 221301
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
901 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2017


OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-222000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0002.170522T1301Z-170522T2000Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
901 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...FROM HUNTINGTON BEACH AND EDGEWATER PARK EAST TO
  PRESQUE ISLE

* TIMING...UNTIL THIS EVENING

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND
  WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN SWIMMING RISKS EXIST
FROM A COMBINATION OF WIND AND LARGE WAVES INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS
AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. THESE SWIMMING RISKS CAN CREATE LIFE-
THREATENING CONDITIONS EVEN FOR GOOD SWIMMERS. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
678 
WHUS41 KCLE 221923
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
323 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017


OHZ011-222030-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170522T2000Z/
CUYAHOGA-
323 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT.

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS AND WAVES HAVE
SUBSIDED TO 2 TO 3 FEET.

$$

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-230100-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170523T0100Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
323 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...FROM WILLOWICK EAST TO PRESQUE ISLE.

* TIMING...UNTIL THIS EVENING

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH
  GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN SWIMMING RISKS EXIST
FROM A COMBINATION OF WIND AND LARGE WAVES INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS
AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. THESE SWIMMING RISKS CAN CREATE LIFE-
THREATENING CONDITIONS EVEN FOR GOOD SWIMMERS. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

&&

$$
851 
WHUS41 KCLE 230020
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
820 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-230130-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170523T0100Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
820 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT.

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS AND WAVES HAVE
SUBSIDED TO 2 TO 4 FEET.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEKnox42 min
May 22, 8:19 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE8 hr
May 22, 5:23 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE4 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2017Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.